It seems as if every thing in our world is falling apart. Everybody is having problems and no one seems to have the right answers. Our homes are falling apart, drug usage is wide spread, suicides are common, AIDS continues to be spread among young people, divorce is rampant, and violence in the home is in the news almost every day. Not to mention the personal problems we all have to face on a daily basis.

As bad as these problems are they are not really THE PROBLEM. Most of the above issues are secondary to the most important problem we have. Even if you could find all of the solutions to the above troubles, there would still be the greatest problem.

You may be wondering, what in the world is he talking about? What is the problem? It is the loss of God. Most of the above problems are the result of our rejection of God. As a country we no longer allow God in our institutions. Court actions on school prayer, Bible reading, and the posting of scriptures have made these things illegal or restricted. Government policies from "gays in the military" to abortion on demand, to homosexual marriages, show a difference between man’s laws and God’s laws.

In many homes God has gone from being the unseen guest to simply being unseen. No longer is family Bible reading a part of home activities. Going to church is now something done only when visits are made to grandma’s. Rearing our children is done by the philosophies to Dr. Spock and not Proverbs.

Young people have been taught that they are products of evolution and God is a myth. In desperation many are turning to drugs, sex, or violence to give their life meaning. Suicides are the highest among our young people.

It is truly strange that so many people want to blame God for so many problems instead of seeing Him as the solution.